FlippyDrive

FlippyDrive

FlippyDrive
Specification
Generation	Drive Replacement Chip
Flash	16MB onboard flash
External Storage
Interface	MicroSD Slot
Min Supported	2GB SDHC
Max Supported	2TB SDXC

General information

The Flippydrive is an optical disc drive emulator for the gamecube that installs without any soldering, can be used with or without a disk drive, and fits neatly inside the cube itself with no case modifications preserving the appearance of the system.

Loads disk images via:

• uSD card (1TB+ supported)
• Experimental Wi-Fi loading
• 16MB internal flash
• Ethernet (future add-on module)

Other major features include:

• No-solder install
• Use with or without OEM drive
• 2.8x-10x faster than all EXI devices (SD2SP2, BBA, any memory card/SP1/SP2 device, etc.) in non-WiFi mode
• Real drive interface, no software hacks required
• One-button disk passthrough
• OTA software updates
• Rescue USB port for brick recovery
• No disk drives are scrapped to make this mod
• Compatible with Cubeboot menu patcher

Purchase and Installation

   Pre-Order Notification Signup is currently available worldwide on the project homepage
   Installation video here

Firmware

Firmware updates can be found here.

FlippyDrive Firmware
Version	Release Notes
1.0.0	Initial release

Notes

FlippyDrive
Developers	Team OffBroadway
CPU	RP2040 32-bit dual ARM Cortex-M0+ (Microcontroller 1), ESP32 (Microcontroller 2) note: esp32 handles all file access for SD/WiFi etc while the RP2040 handles the GC communication and firmware updates
Modchip Type	Drive Replacement Chip
Features	Compatibility with Cubeboot menu injection program for the Gamecube BIOS
Installation	Connector from existing drive tutorial

See also: Cubeboot